Monday, March 17, 2014

X-Men: Days for Future Past releases on May
23 and yet all we have seen from the film was that little teaser trailer a few
months ago. We expect to see a full trailer pretty soon, but in the mean time
it would seem that Bryan Singer is already looking to the future or should I
say the past for the next instalment, X-Men: Apocalypse

“We’re currently breaking the story,” said
Bryan Singer speaking with TotalFilm. “We’re
almost ready to go. Dan Harris, Michael Dougherty (X-Men 2) and Simon Kinberg
(X-Men: Last Stand and Days of Future Past) are in the office across the street
from me, working on story stuff right now. It’s great to have Dan and Michael
back.”

Singer then continued saying, “We’re going
to deal with the notion of ancient mutants – the fact they were born and
existed thousands of years ago. But it’ll be a contemporary movie – well, it’ll
take place in the ’80s… The ’80s is a period now – it’s hard for me to believe
that!”

“Apocalypse
will have more of the mass destruction that X-Men films, to date, have not
relied upon. There’s definitely now a character and a story that allow room for
that kind of spectacle… I don’t want to get too specific, but we’ll introduce
familiar characters in a younger time. That’ll be fun to show the audience. I
call these movies in-between-quels. It’s a mind-fuck sometimes in terms of
where things fall in the timeline!”

The director then went on to say that there
quite a few more stories that he would like to tell beyond Apocalypse and that
the idea of looking into the past of the original X-Men intrigued him:

“Yeah, there actually are [more stories I
want to tell]. It all stems back to when I did [the first] X-Men. You always
want to know where a character’s going to go, what their future’s going be like.
You can always sequelise. But on that film I also had actors asking ‘Who am I?
Where did my character come from?’ So as a director you always need a backstory
to give your actors. It may not be the right backstory, but it’s one you can
give the actor to help them understand their character. These prequels are
really exciting for me because they give me a chance to explore ideas I came up
with more than a decade ago.”

So this goes without saying that X-Men:
Apocalypse might be featuring a younger yet familiar popular line up of the
X-Men we come to love. Speaking of which, many fans have been calling for the
Academy Award Winner, Lupita Nyong’o, to play the part of Storm in Apocalypse
or a future instalment taking over the roll from Halle Berry.

Halle Berry’s name has been popping up in
the rumour mill of late in regard to her role in Days of Future Past. If the
rumour mill is to be believed then Berry might only be popping in the film for
a cameo with her character only having one line, as most of her scenes have ended
up on the cutting room floor. This is just a rumour but it was reported by NY
Daily News however, SuperHeroHype have contacted their sources and have refuted
these claims. So take it however, you will, all I want to see is Lupita as the
next young, badass AFRICAN Storm.

We also got some Wolverine news! Director
James Mangold who directed The Wolverine, a film that I truly love, has stated
that he will be directing the next instalment in Logans solo adventures, but
that it will only come after Apocalypse. X-Men: Apocalypse will be releasing in
2016, meaning that Wolverine 2 or 3 depending on how you counting (I just
ignored origins), the next Wolverine film will possibly only arrive in 2017 or
2018.

Let me know what you think about what Bryan
Singer has said about Apocalypse, Lupita as Storm, and Wolverine most likely
being released by the time Hugh Jackman hits 50.

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

The Wolf of Wall Street opens on December 25th
and now we know just how long the Martin Scorese film will be. France
distributor Metropolitan Filmexport tells Allocine [via The Playlist] that the
movie runs 179 minutes, which would get it just in under the 3-hour limit
usually set by most studios.Early
reports also said the film was NC-17, so even with that material cut, there’s
still plenty left for the true story of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio)
raiding Wall Street during the 1990s. This is definitely one film you do not
want to miss.

If Allocine is correct, then the movie will be Scorsese’s
longest film to date, beating out Casino by one minute.The film stars. Jonah Hill, Kyle Chandler,
Matthew McConaughey, Jean Dujardin, Margot Robbie, Jon Bernthal, and Rob
Reiner.The Wolf of Wall Street opens on
December 25th.

NEW TARANTINO WESTERN

We finally know what Tarantino’s next film will be, sort of
anyway.

With Django Unchained having earned over $425 million at the
worldwide box office, Quentin Tarantino is sticking with the Western genre for
his next film.

Appearing on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,"
Tarantino talked about the project.

"I can't talk that much about it, but I will say one
thing. I haven't told anyone about this publicly, but I will say the genre.
It's a Western," he said. "It's not a 'Django' sequel, but it's
another Western, and the thing is I had so much fun doing 'Django' and I love
Westerns so much, that after I taught myself how to make one, it's like 'well
okay, now let me make another one now I know what I'm doing.'"

KOJAK

Last year Universal Pictures' announced that Kojak would be
coming to the big screen and Vin Diesel is set to headline it.

"Kojak… New York… Ang Lee…" was the message Diesel
posted on Facebook when asked what director he'd like to work with in the
future.

Although it's entirely possible that Diesel is merely
pointing out his top choice, to specifically name Kojak as the project coupled
with the fact that the film has not yet announced a director suggests that
Diesel's dream is about to come true.

Screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade (Skyfall) are
providing the screenplay to the television series adaptation. The original
show, which ran on CBS from 1973 to 1978, starred Telly Savalas as NYPD
Detective Lieutenant Theo Kojak, known for his penchant for lollipops and his
catchphrase, "Who loves ya baby?"

Kojak has never before been brought to the big screen but a
short-lived series reboot was attempted in 2005 with Ving Rhames in the Kojak
role.

Diesel is also set to produce the feature version alongside
Samantha Vincent.

TOKLIEN BIOPIC

The true story behind The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
author J.R.R. Tolkien is in the works with a biopic tentatively titled Tolkien.
The LA Times reports that David Gleeson will be providing the screenplay.

Tolkien is said to focus largely on the author's young life,
including his time at Pembroke College and his military service during the
first World War. The film will tie his experiences as a young man to those
depicted in his iconic fantasy novels.

It is unknown whether or not Tolkien's estate will be
involved in the biopic's production in any capacity. Christopher Tolkien,
J.R.R.'s son, is infamously not a fan of Peter Jackson's big screen
adaptations, the latest of which hits theaters December 13 as The Hobbit: The
Desolation of Smaug.

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

(Olsen is a Scarlet Witch, Ant Man will be a Badass and Batman wasn't a afterthought)

AVENGERS AGE OF
ULTRON

Elizabeth Olsen just recently been cast as Scarlet Witch in
Marvel's The Avengers: Age of Ultron, hs finally given the freedom to talk
about the latest film as well as her role in the film.

Olsen cites the sequel's "cool ensemble" as one of
the project's draws for her, telling The Huffington Post, "When there's a
great ensemble already in place, you're just like, That sounds awesome --
because I want to work with all of those people. That's amazing. And it's all
of these people that I respect."

The Godzilla and Martha Marcy May Marlene actress also likes
the fact that no one's portrayed Scarlet Witch onscreen before, thus allowing
her the opportunity to make Wanda Maximoff her own.

Olsen says Scarlet Witch's "life is insane. And for
obvious reasons you can't talk about certain background [her dad's Magneto, but
Fox owns the film rights to him so Marvel can't use him], but it is so much
fun. And it's so funny, everyone always talks to me about, 'Do you really love
having all of these psychological problems and things like that [with your characters]?'
And I'm like, 'I don't mean for that to happen.' And with Scarlet Witch, I'm
like she's complicated, that one! You know? Like, She might be the most damaged
of them all! Which is so cool."

Avengers: Age of Ultron -- which will reunite Olsen with both
Oldboy's Jackson and her Godzilla co-star Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Scarlet
Witch's brother Quicksilver -- begins filming in early 2014 for a May 1, 2015
release.

ANT-MAN

Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man film has been in development for a
real long time, but the film is finally moving forward as fans can expect the
film in 2015. Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Wright elaborated on what he
wants to do with the film and how he thinks it will surprise audiences.

"I want to make him into a badass [laughs]. No, I
always liked that comic and I always thought it would be an interesting thing
to see in live-action. That's why I [showed] that Comic-Con test that we did
for Marvel, to show this fight scene like a proof of concept, like this is what
the action is going to look like. I think a lot of people who maybe don't know
the character sort of see that test and go, "Oh, right, I get it. It's
like an action film," so that's the idea. I think people will be surprised
by what kind of movie it is, and so in that respect it's something that I know
is going to stand out because it's got a very different story and is a very
different movie."

When asked about the tone of the film, Wright says he thinks
it will be in line with the rest of the Marvel films.

"Well, I think the Marvel movies are funny, you know? I
think generally the Iron Man films and The Avengers is funny. They're not ever
in the comedy section, but they are funny and entertaining, so I think it'll be
something in a similar vein to that."

Walt Disney Pictures has scheduled a July 31, 2015 release
for the film, which was written by Wright and Joe Cornish.

BATMAN VS SUPERMAN

There are a ton of big, highly anticipated films set to be
released in 2015 and Zack Snyder's Batman Vs. Superman film surely is one of
them. In a recent interview with Variety, the producer of those films, Charles
Roven, talked about their statuses,

“On ‘Batman vs. Superman,’ we started soft prep in June, and
we’ll be shooting eight months later.... We felt that we accomplished our goals
with ‘Man of Steel, our intention was to bring Superman into the 21st century
with a contemporary character and a different kind of superhero than what’s out
there right now...We knew we had created a world and we had left Easter eggs in
the movie that let people know that in the universe that Zack was creating,
there was the possibility of other DC characters besides Clark Kent."

He went on to reveal that the idea of the sequel has been
around for awhile,

"We had a sketch of an idea, the beats of a story that
David Goyer worked on with Zack. We have a first draft, and we’re continuing to
work with it. Those scripts are never fully finished until the movie is in the
theaters. We love the characters — we think that Ben (Affleck) is going to be a
really great and interesting Batman.”

He went on to discuss why they cast Ben Affleck in the role
of Bruce Wayne/Batman.

“We wanted a guy who had a certain age and a certain gravitas
to what he had done in terms of his recent work. If you take a look at ‘The
Town’ and ‘Argo,’ he plays a couple of serious guys in those movies. He’s a big
man. He’s also a mature man. As you see him and Henry together, one definitely
has much more experience just by looking at him. That’s what we wanted,
particularly juxtaposed against our Superman.”

Batman vs. Superman is set to be released in theaters July
17th, 2015,